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Started by Barrister, March 07, 2011, 12:49:03 PM

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Jacob

#2610
April 22, 2012, 11:35:59 PM
The Canucks were put out of their misery. Time to concentrate on the yard work.

Neil

#2611
April 22, 2012, 11:40:25 PM
Well, at least Luongo will be able to win a Cup after he gets run out of town by Canucks fans, who all hate goalies.
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viper37

#2612
April 22, 2012, 11:54:20 PM
Quote from: Jacob on April 22, 2012, 11:35:59 PM
Time to concentrate on the yard work.
there's like, 2 feet of snow out there... 'tis what I had planned for the week-end though.  That and watchning the Penguins win, and the Canucks win.  Nothing is ever right.
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Josephus

#2613
April 23, 2012, 08:50:42 AM
Problem with Vancouver going out in the first round is what I once stated either in this thread or somewhere else. The playoffs make a mockery of the September to April regular season. There's no point to doing well in the regular season. As long as you make the playoffs (and most teams, other than Toronto, do so with regularity) you can still win the Cup. While that might please the egalitarian in me, in sports I find it silly. Vancouver were the best team all year and blow it all in a 5 game series. That's why I stopped watching regular season hockey. It means absolutely nothing.
Which is why soccer is so superior. The regular season league and the knockout trophy are two separate tournaments, each with their own respectful tradition.
This is not a rarity, either. Look at the Caps two years ago and the Sharks the year before that.
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crazy canuck

#2614
April 23, 2012, 09:28:00 AM
Quote from: Josephus on April 23, 2012, 08:50:42 AM
Problem with Vancouver going out in the first round is what I once stated either in this thread or somewhere else. The playoffs make a mockery of the September to April regular season. There's no point to doing well in the regular season. As long as you make the playoffs (and most teams, other than Toronto, do so with regularity) you can still win the Cup. While that might please the egalitarian in me, in sports I find it silly. Vancouver were the best team all year and blow it all in a 5 game series. That's why I stopped watching regular season hockey. It means absolutely nothing.
Which is why soccer is so superior. The regular season league and the knockout trophy are two separate tournaments, each with their own respectful tradition.
This is not a rarity, either. Look at the Caps two years ago and the Sharks the year before that.

Agreed with everything you said, except you need to add Edmonton in the same sentence as Toronto.

Another thing hockey has to do to become a real sport is its star players have to be able to play and not sit at home with concussions.

Neil

#2615
April 23, 2012, 11:22:23 AM
The tears of the Canucks fans are delicious.
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HVC

#2616
April 23, 2012, 11:25:49 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 23, 2012, 09:28:00 AM

Another thing hockey has to do to become a real sport is its star players have to be able to play and not sit at home with concussions.
i agree with that in part, but if the stars want to get into the scrum and give some shots, then they're open game (looking at you crosby)
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crazy canuck

#2617
April 23, 2012, 01:05:00 PM
I agree.  But your example simply illustrates the problem hockey has in breaking out to a wider audience.  Why is it that there are scums in the first place.  In Rugby players in full contact with eachother break apart on a whistle without any assistance by a linesman or the referee.

Valmy

#2618
April 25, 2012, 01:03:44 AM
Man this sucks.  Not only am I nervous as hell about the game tonight but I am going to miss it working on this stupid ass Engineering project.  Hope the Caps can win it without their #1 fan in Austin (as in their only fan in Austin) watching on TV.

This could mean no more Hockey for me this year if they lose  :(
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viper37

#2619
April 25, 2012, 02:40:00 PM Last Edit: April 25, 2012, 03:38:14 PM by viper37
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Valmy

#2620
April 25, 2012, 03:03:20 PM
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

MadBurgerMaker

#2621
April 25, 2012, 09:24:20 PM
Caps win.  :)

HVC

#2622
April 25, 2012, 09:25:36 PM
Kind of a anti-climatic ending. Congrats valmy.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

crazy canuck

#2623
April 25, 2012, 10:04:44 PM
Woot, something to be happy about in these playoffs.

BuddhaRhubarb

#2624
April 25, 2012, 10:11:50 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 22, 2012, 11:40:25 PM
Well, at least Luongo will be able to win a Cup after he gets run out of town by Canucks fans, who all hate goalies.

No one ever hated Maclean. He was the goalie "Trevor".

I really do think the media overblows the trolls Luongo hating from the cbc and Province comment boards. The people who post there are only slightly higher than youtube commenters on the internet intelligent-o-meter.

The majority of Canucks fans I deal with on a daily basis (as many as any quickie one afternoon REID poll) have nothing but respect for Lu for the most part (he is prone to massively bad single games on occasion. I think if he goes, he might go somewhere with no media (south USA) though.

As far as the Canucks run this year goes. they didn't play good enough. Simple as that. There's always next year. It's not like they are the Leafs. :p
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